One more month of trail work for 2018 in the proposed Wilderness. This year’s trail season is nearing an end, but there are still two chances to join the Friends…
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Roughly 60 miles south of Canada, the 88,000 acre Scotchman Peaks roadless area spans the Idaho-Montana border. Since the 1970s, when the U.S. Forest Service carried out extensive evaluations of lands suitable for wilderness, this rugged, scenic and biologically diverse portion of the Cabinet Mountains has been managed for its wilderness potential. The Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness believe now is the time to preserve the Scotchmans, one of the last, and largest, wild areas in our region.
Get more “bank” for your buck by helping out with our Cinnabar Match!
We've made the Cinnabar match! Look how happy we are! (But don't let that stop you from helping out.) Thanks very much to our donors and the Cinnabar Foundation for…
2018 Friends Scholarship winners announced.
Each year, Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness gives graduating seniors from the high schools within the three counties the proposed wilderness lies in a chance to write about their favorite…
Lance Shevlan adds his story to “Voices In The Wilderness”
Family and Fall in the South Fork of Ross Creek We moved West in the early 1970s because we found it quiet and beautiful, and much less busy than Minneapolis.…
ALWAYS Film Showing
On Sunday, June 3rd, at 5:30pm, with Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness and Glacier Bank of Libby as co-sponsors, the Northwest Montana-Forest Fire Lookout Association (NWMT-FFLA) is bringing the film…
May 11 Friday Night Pints for a Cause at the 219!
Come to the 219 Lounge in Sandpoint (at 219 N. First, in case you didn't know) for a pre-election rally for a cause! There will be live music from Kevin…
Learn about the May 15 Bonner County Advisory Vote
On May 15, Bonner County voters will have a chance to do their part to preserve the Scotchman Peaks! The Bonner County Commissioners have decided to put a non-binding advisory…
Join us in Priest River for a great presentation on David Thompson!
Fur agent, cartographer, and master canoe builder David Thompson was one of the first Europeans to see Bonner County’s highest mountain, Scotchman Peak, and paddle the waters of the Clark…